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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?
(a) Saving.
(b) Family.
(c) Employment.
(d) Working hard.

2. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Discontents.

3. Aristotle says that there can be problems when more of the citizens are attracted to profit than to what?
(a) Desire.
(b) People.
(c) Honor.
(d) Politics.

4. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?
(a) Servant poor.
(b) Enslaved poor.
(c) Adult poor.
(d) Free poor.

5. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The gears in a mill.
(b) The supporting column of a building.
(c) The capstone in an arch.
(d) The hub of a spoked wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that some oligarchies can progress to what?

2. Aristotle thinks that the craftsman who tries to make laws will do what?

3. Aristotle says that education should be equal but not what?

4. Aristotle believes that in an oligarchy, the oligarchs come from where?

5. What, according to Aristotle, is the top cause of crime?

(see the answer key)

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